September 21, 2002

FURMAN CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS SWEEP PRE-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE MEET

CHARLESTON, South Carolina-- Furman's men's and women's cross country teams captured first place finishes in the Pre-Southern Conference Meet held at the College of Charleston's Dixie Plantation on Saturday.

In the women's event, the Lady Paladins took five of the top seven spots to finish with 23 points. Georgia Southern placed second with 54 points, South Carolina was third with 68 points, followed by College of Charleston (87) and The Citadel (137).

South Carolina's Jenny Lake won the 5K run with a time of 19:05.58. Furman's Whitney Kay Sharp was second with a time of 19:20.29, while teammate Bev Roberts placed third (19:25.97). Georgia Southern top performer was Brittney Swick (4th place, 19:28.15), for College of Charleston Elizabeth Rose finished 15th (20:36.97), while The Citadel's was paced by Olivia Perry-Smith's 24th place finish (21:32.18).

Furman completed the sweep with a 15 point total in the men's meet. The Citadel (62) edged the College of Charleston (62) for second place in the three-team event.

Kevin Crosby won the 8K run with a time of 26:00.96 as the Paladins claimed the first six spots in the event. He was followed by Paladins Matt Goodwin, Grady Powell, Tyler Johnson, Ben Whitaker and Mitchell Gober.

Dixie Plantation is the site for the Southern Conference Men's and Women's Southern Conference Cross Country Championships to be held on November 2nd.

Furman Results

Men - 15 points

1st Kevin Crosby 26:00.96

2nd Matt Goodwin 26:32.60

3rd Grady Powell 27:01.07

4th Tyler Johnson 27:22.67

5th Ben Whitaker 27:42.46

6th Mitchell Gober 28:04.98

8th Clay Nolen 28:51.64

11th Andrew Mullen 29:26.97

13th Nick Reinhardt 30:01.34

Women - 23 points

2nd Whitney Sharp 19:20.29

3rd Bev Roberts 19:25.97

5th Molly Mungovan 19:30.77

6th Brittany Thomas 19:44.50

7th Carly Smith 19:46.16

11th Rebecca Singleton 20:10.80

12th Katie Poole 20:18.98

18th Rebekah Potts 20:42.08

19th Suzanna Bailey 20:57.26